Promoting Positive School Climate

Would you like to make your school or educational community a more inviting, welcoming and warm place to learn and work?

Camp Daggett is now offering seminars, trainings and programming focused on the use of the Invitational Education Model in your school district as a resource to help enhance school community and culture. Additionally, these development opportunities look to answer the question of how WE as students, parents, staff and community members, can make a difference in our schools, on our playing fields, in our homes and community; and ultimately promote a positive learning and community environment.

Utilizes a common language (The Full Value Agreement) that results in supporting philosophy and expectations for all students, parents, staff and community members involved.

WHAT IS THE FULL VALUE AGREEMENT?

Work as a Team

Be Safe: Physically and Emotionally

Speak Up

The Full Value Agreement is the process in which a group agrees to find positive value in the efforts of its members. This positive value is expressed in encourgement, goal setting, group discussion, confrontation with a positive intent, a spirit of forgiveness, and taking ownership for behavior and outcomes individually and as a group. In other words, as individuals succeed, the group succeeds; and as the group succeeds, individuals succeed.

The Full Value Agreement additionally represents a common language that can be used within educational organizations and institutions to incorporate character building opportunities (i.e. community, respect, integrity, communication, goal reaching) into the daily representations of our educational philosophies and/or mission statements.

Talk with students, parents, staff, colleagues, administrators, and support staff about what it means to be a team, keep yourself and others safe, and the importance of speaking up, as well as, listening.

Return to theFull Value Agreement when situations arise within our education environments, and utilize the Full Value Agreement to promote a positive school climate and culture.

Kayak for a Cause on Walloon Lake 2013

Twenty-three kayakers participated in the 5th Annual Kayak for a Cause on Walloon Lake event on July 20th and 21st, 2013 raising much needed scholarship dollars for students to participate in programs at the Camp Daggett Adventure Center (CDAC). The annual event continues to grow each year since Karen Marietti, Director of CDAC, made the two day paddle solo five years ago.

This event was supported by donations in support of kayakers, 16 sponsors, a raffle of a kayak donated by The Outfitter of Harbor Springs, the sale of over 100 dock flags, most to Walloon Lake residents who displayed the Kayak for a Cause on Walloon Lake dock flags, and general donations for the event. Over $20,000 was raised this year! To make this even more special the Doll-Loesel Foundation offered to provide a match of up to $20,000 for Kayak for a Cause on Walloon Lake!

Every great team needs a great crew. We want to thank the following folks for their help:

Mark and Laurie McMurray for hosting Saturday dinner

Justin Weisler and Jerry Donnelly for the "We Did It Party" for the kayakers

Elmer Kochans for parking cars

Bill and Jane Stone for the use of their property

Hills of Walloon for use of their launchsite and picnic area

Brent Marlatt, Mike Farrimond and Clark Ketchum for being our water crew

Most of all we want to recognize our kayakers who participated in the 2013 event.

Here is the 2013 Kayaking Team:

Cynthia Avery Amanda Karsten

Kristin Bates Tim Knutsen

John Birchfield Meagan Krzywosinski Beth Ann Bird Betxy Lieberman

Bob Bokram Mary Ling

Margaret Bowers Megan Ling

Peter Bowers Karen Marietti

Julie Clark Jaqueline Pilette

Rick Gross Betsy Prete

Melanie Hausler Emilea Rajkovich

Heather Huffstutler Joyce Riordan

Karie Jeisel Courtney Russell

Adventure Education Center

Camp Daggett Outdoor AdventureParticipants can challenge themselves on a three-sided, 40-foot climbing tower with six attached high ropes-course elements designed and built by Project Adventure in a beautiful wooded setting at Camp Daggett. A group problem solving initiative course, tucked in the woods near the nature pond, contains more than ten different elements and provides opportunities for leadership, cooperation and accomplishment.

Adventure Programs for Students

A challenge course program at the Camp Daggett Adventure Center promotes feelings of acceptance, self-worth and a sense of community not often experienced in our every day living. It is hoped that participants will be more willing to accept the opinions and ideas of others as well as sharing their own, better appreciate that all people have value and be more willing to participate in peaceful solutions to problem solving.

Adventure Programs for Corporations

Corporate programs at the Camp Daggett Adventure Center promotes feelings of acceptance, self-worth and a sense of community not often experienced in our every day living. Full day and half day programs are available.

Adventure Programs for Adults

A challenge course program at the Camp Daggett Adventure Center promotes feelings of acceptance, self-worth and a sense of community not often experienced in our every day living. It is hoped that participants will be more willing to accept the opinions and ideas of others as well as sharing their own, better appreciate that all people have value and be more willing to participate in peaceful solutions to problem solving.

Ropes Course Description

Low Ropes Elements/CourseDuring the morning portion of a traditional program at the Camp Daggett Adventure Center, participants encounter a time of fun get-to-know-you games, icebreakers, and team building activities. These games and activities are utilized to help participants get comfortable with their new environment and the rest of their teammates, as well as to encourage them to start problem solving, work together, support one another and think “outside of the box.”

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